Barry McGuigan | “If you are caught DOPING, you should be BANNED for LIFE!”

Up Front

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Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This is Up Front with Simon Jordan. A new show brought to you by William Hill that pulls no punches and tells it EXACTLY like it is. This week we are joined by the ‘Clones Cyclone,’ Barry McGuigan. An Olympian and a former world champion who helped to heal a desperately divided country, Barry joins the show to discuss his illustrious career both in and out of the ring. In 1985, 19 million people sat down to watch Barry win his first world title against Eusebio Pedroza, creating a level of fanfare and intrigue that boxing will never see again. In this eye-opening episode Barry opens up on his life full of extraordinary success and incredible tragedy. Subscribe for future episodes and head to www.youtube.com/@UpFrontWithSimonJordan for full video episodes. 18+ please gamble responsibly. Warning: this episode contains language that some people may find offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You never put on a pair of gloves to kill somebody.
0:05.0	But they're not doing scans enough now still?
0:06.0	They are.
0:07.0	They are.
0:08.0	Not as much.
0:09.0	No, no, they are.
0:10.0	Really? You're wrong, I don't really care whether people like me or not.
0:15.0	I don't think there's anything wrong with conflict personally.
0:17.0	I think in life you've got to face it sometimes.
0:19.0	You're in a conflict business as a sports.
0:20.0	Yeah. I think in life you've got to face it sometimes. You're in a conflict business as a sports. And I remember being in the car with Don King and he was going,
0:23.6	Barry, you gotta do it, man.
0:25.6	I'm gonna give you five million dollars.
0:27.6	And the guns were cocked and not frightened
0:29.6	and living day later and they thought we were that much from getting shot.
0:33.6	This is up front with me, Simon Jordan.
0:35.6	I believe there are a lot of vacuous, unformed,
0:41.3	unchallenged opinions out there. I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense.
0:45.5	So with this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong views who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny. There's a good chance I might learn something along
0:49.6	the way, and more importantly, so might you.
0:55.1	Joining me in today's episode is a boxer who went from Olympian and world champion to
0:59.1	trainer and promoter.
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